Echoes of a Bedroom Farce

Echoes of a Bedroom Farce was developed from the prompt to study the world of immersive theater. I began exploring this abstract world of performance by reading through Creating Worlds: How to Make Immersive Theater by Jason Warren. Using what I learned through studying the topic, I began devising a theme and topic for my performance.

Immersive theater study continued to bring me to the idea of comfortability in someone else’s space and the concept of an audience that may or may not belong. With these conclusions, I decided to center my piece around the concept of voyeurism. Combining my interests in the dichotomy of publicity and privacy in relationships and voyeurism, I was drawn to Bedroom Farce, a 1975 Alan Ayckbourn play. However, the actual text and writers intention of the script were not something I planned to stick to.

The resulting piece inspired by the housewarming party in the play, Echoes of a Bedroom Farce, took place an a single level four bedroom ranch style home with a quaint and small front porch. Various scenes were scattered, taking place across the front porch, living room/kitchen, and back bedroom. The audience was split into two groups: a limited group of invited couples who were invited to join the actors inside, and the outside unlimited group of voyeurs that were invited to watch and create their narrative based on what they were able to see in various areas of the home.